Solitaire du Figaro: the decision from the Jury alters scoreboard

8:11 PM Sat 7 Aug 2010 GMT

'The winners of the second leg on the stage during a crowded prizegiving ceremony in Brest - La Solitaire du Figaro' Courcoux-Marmara/Le Figaro

La Solitaire du Figaro - The Jury met today in Brest to discuss the protest against Yann Eli?s, who was forced to use his engine during the first leg to get off after going aground. The sailor was given a two hours penalty and as a consequence he falls from second to 19th place. Following the decision involving the skipper of Generali Europ Assistance the top part of the scoreboard has deeply changed. Eli?s got a 30 minutes penalty for breaking the engine seal plus an additional 1 and a half hours for infringing the propulsion rule, two hours in ...

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by Sabina Mollart-Rogerson